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This is an improved implementation of the official Yennefer Alternate Appearance DLC! Besides changing clothes, now Yennefer also changes hairstyles, just like Triss DLC! When in her default appearance she has the lore-friendly VGX/E3 trailer hair and when her DLC is enabled she changes to her vanilla W3 hairstyle! Now compatible with Next-Gen!

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Ladies and gentlemen, the time is nigh to reveal the latest in Witcher 3 restyling technology! (Special thanks to Roksa, her amazing photostory Yennefer of Vengerberg was the inspiration for my mod)


- Were you bothered by the lack of attention from CDPR developers to Yennefer? While Triss (who lest we forget tried to steal her Geralt), was receiving extra developer love and along with her DLC dress also got a new hairstyle?

- Were you disappointed when contrary to what the VGX and E3 trailers showed you, Yennefer lost her lore-friendly curly hairstyle and you were left with a longer and straighter immersion-breaking hairstyle?


Well, it is time to remedy this grave injustice and present you a new mod that accomplishes both things and then some!!! Keep on reading, so we can avoid any unnecessary questions and complications!!! :P


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Realistically Improved Yennefer VGX E3 Trailer TRVE DLC Appearance



This mod does the following:

1) Create for Yennefer a new custom-made lore-friendly raven-black curly hairstyle that has been upgraded in visual quality (4 times original size after tesselating/turbosmoothing 6 times)! To install unpack the archive into the "mods" folder of your Witcher 3 directory. The latest V4 is also compatible with Next-Gen and of course the torso fix for the lounging BaW scene is still included (also provided separately in the optional files). I also tried making the mod more compatible with other Yen-changing mods. However, if they purposefully go and change basic Yennefer entity files in such a way that causes incompatibilities, then you should ask their authors to make compatibility patches ;)

2) When Yennefer is in her default appearance she uses the lore-friendly VGX/E3 hairstyle, when you enable her DLC appearance she switches to the longer vanilla hairstyle. That means you can now alternate between 2 fully different appearances for Yennefer! Note that the hoods are now not removed from the main Improved Yennefer file. If you want them removed, you can visit my other mod Triss Yennefer Ciri Syanna Hood Removal NEXT GEN.

I have also updated for Next-Gen Zinnnnnn's version of this mod which makes Yen's hair totally black! Download it now and have fun!!! Visit his Yen modpage for more changes to Yen's appearance!


The versions that are compatible with the Classic Edition can all be found in the "Old Files" section!!!



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Optional Files
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1)
 
Yennefer Sexier DLC Dress makes Yennefers DLC dress a bit slightly more sexy and provocative, by removing the loincloth, scarf and feathers (thanks to Holgar for that one!) and opening up the upper part of her dress. Looks a bit modern though, but hopefully not too tasteless. This optional mod also removes completely the hoods as they were even more redundant now.   If you want to use it alone or with other mods, then download the appropriate "Standalone version"! If you are interested in removing separately the scarf, loincloth and feathers from Yennefer's DLC appearance, head over to my other mod Yennefer DLC Dress Remove Scarf and Loincloth.   

2) New Yen Torso Fixx : According to some random people on the internet who approached me, the old Yennefer Torso fix mod (that resolved Yennefer's body clipping through her clothes when she was lounging at the end-game farm by deleting polygons) was causing a "neck seam issue". I hadn't seen it for myself before, but I went ahead anyway, fixed that clipping problem from scratch on my own (with clever manipulation and without deleting any polygons) and it now looks better, according to said random people. You can use it with anything out there, just give it higher priority.

3) With the Yennefer Always Default Appearance Gown Yennefer will always wear her elegant long dress. No more hooded, puked or trousered appearances (obviously)! xD You can use it together with the main mod, just make sure it is placed higher. I have already named it accordingly! In Version 2 I fixed a redundancy of appearances and another omission (thanks to Ponyboy who brought it to my attention), so it is the RECOMMENDED (and only) version to download! This is only available for the Classic Edition!

4) With YenneferLoreHairAlways you can have my custom lore friendly hairstyle with both appearances of Yennefer. You can use it alongside the Yennefer Always Default Appearance Gown mod or any other Yennefer outfit/head/texture changing mod now! This is only available for the Classic Edition!

5) Created a couple optional compatibility files for the nice clothing mod by Roksa, Stylish Yennefer ! Now you can use both her files and my main mod that changes the hairstyle of Yennefer according to her appearance along with the optional remodeled DLC dress without issues! Have fun! 
These are only available for the Classic Edition!

6) BaW DLC Dress Compatibility Fix for the Mod Yennefer DLC Black and White Recolor. It fixes some issues with that mod that recolors the DLC dress of Yennefer to more lore-friendly Black and White when used with the Improved Yennefer mod. Specifically with the transparency of the stockings that was missing the alpha layer in the diffuse texture and the normal textures. Make sure to give this compatibility fix higher priority than both mods! This is only available for the Classic Edition!


Kind-of-Bug: If you spawn Yennefer through the console she won't have any hair, she will be bald. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN IN NORMAL GAMEPLAY THOUGH! 



Check out all my other Improved Triss, Improved Lady of the Lake, New Boat, Unique Witcher Eyes, Magic Camel, Deus Ex or Angry Geralt mods here





Once again, I should extend my thanks to the people who have helped me at various moments around here and those who made modding the W3 possible and paved the way for us newcomers. Without order of preference:

KNGR
CAPA14
Skacipl
Traderain
Mezziaz
Holgar
ERXV
GeorgeTziotis
ScoutBr0
AirShipCircus
MasterOfTheRings
and more!

Check out their work on nexusmods!



Instructions for Modders:

This mod makes edits to Yen's c_*.w2ent files and Yen's DLC .app files.
Now, I used the c01_*.w2ent and the c03_*.w2ent files to incorporate my custom curly hair for Yen, while I made a new c02_*.w2ent file that keeps Yen's vanilla long hair (along with the necessary c02.w2dyng file).
Because of this approach, there is no longer a need to modify the main and often-edited vanilla Yen entity files, hence drastically increasing compatibility with other Yen mods.
However, the Yen DLC .app files still needed to be modified to give Yen's DLC appearance a different hairstyle from her default appearance but it's the easier part.
As you can imagine, I changed her c_*.w2ent entries in 3 of those .app files (travel_outfit, yennefer_gown, _puke) to point to my specific custom w2ent file "characters\models\main_npc\yennefer\c_02_wa__yennefer.w2ent".
If you change this one line in those 3 files, then your mods will be fully compatible with my Improved Yennefer mod.
And the world will be a happier place, cheers! :)





Have fun with my mod! Shout out in the comments, share your pictures and if you like it remember to endorse, vote, you get the idea! Show your love people!